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To the Editor: Re ''New York State Votes to Reduce Drug Sentences'' (front page, Dec. 8): Despite the fanfare, the Rockefeller drug law modifications approved by New York lawmakers do not amount to real reform. The harsh aspects of these laws...

December 12, 2004, Sunday

To the Editor: ''The Postpartisan Governor'' (news article, April 3) mentions Gov. George E. Pataki's call to roll back New York's Rockefeller drug laws. While Mr. Pataki deserves credit for speaking about the issue, his proposal to change these...

To the Editor: While Gov. George E. Pataki's new drug-laws proposal (news article, July 24) apparently offers a treatment option to several thousand drug offenders, the treatment will take place in prison rather than in community-based settings,...

July 29, 2001, Sunday

Nearly two months after he pledged to loosen the state's strict mandatory sentencing laws for drug offenders, Gov. George E. Pataki released a detailed bill yesterday that would reduce prison sentences in some instances but would also add new...